National Republican., 1887-03-23
CURRENT COMMENT.
The scintillations which Brighten Our
Exchange List.

IBERIA. That is the only portion OF the czat's
extensive dominlons whittier a poor Russian
devil can get transportation free.
The st. Louis Republican (Dem.) pre-.
diets the defeat OF the Democratic party 10
1883 II the President cannot unite the war
friends are pitching into the Randall fac |
tlon is not designed to harmonlze.
New York World: More than $10O,00O0OO |
annually Of unnecessary and therefore un-
Just taxes are now collected from the peo.
pie, and have been for seven years past.
And one Republican and two Democratic
Congresses have done nothing to stop 1t.
Cincinnati Enquirer. The interstate com
merce bill became law only through art
ful working upon the minds Of those who
fancied that the great railroad corporations
were becoming too powerful aud too exor-
bitant. The cool resultant judgment Is
that the measure will make the railroads
more powerful and more productive than
ever. The people will pay for It.
Brooklyn Union. There is something like
q fire epidemic now raging In this country.
What with the Charleston and Riviera
earthquakes, the war agitation In Europe,
the death OF Mr.. Beecher, the riots in Ire
land, nihilism In Russia, and Clevelands
sly hunt for second term, the present year
will furnish considerable noteworthy eyents
for the pens Of future historians.
Chicago Tribune: What the people Of this
country want to know is whether or not the
gifted young man who accompanied Presi
dent Cleveland to the Adirondacks last
year and fired off those marvellous dis.
patches every day concerning the size Of
the presidential catch is going along again
with Mr. Cleveland this year. II he is the
whole country Will take vacation.
Philadelphia Press: Nearly every man In
Washington holding position equal to
that Of chief clerk, head Of bureau, or
chief Of division has his own boom for
vice president nowadays. 1t is a species Of
rash which has become epidemic and which,
like the oldfashioned itch, enables every
man to scratch himself into o little brief
prominence on mighty small capital.
New York Herald: The Irish question
glows with more dangerous heat every
hour. The tories have only made matters
worse. But they are likely to bid long
farewell to all their greatness In the near
future, and then, perhaps, Lord Randolph
Churchill will be called to the front to pre-
scribe a little justice In lieu OF great deal
of narrow and mean oppression.
Philadelphia Record: Whether Secretary
Endicott has resigned or not, our candidate
for Secretary of War Is Col. Henry Waiter
son, Of Kentucky. The country knows
Watterson, and that is its good fortune; 1t
doesn't know Endicott, and that is his good
fortune. The people want people In the
Cabinet with whom they can at least main
tain the terms of speaking acquaintance.
New York Tribune: The czar naturally
regards with utmost horror the recent con.
spiracy against his life. Yet within the
past year his own paid servants, with his
patronage and protection, have laid deadly
plots against the lawful rulers Of neigh.
boring nation. The world regards the
deeds OF nihilist assassins with detestation,
tion between them and the acts Of the czar's
own agents in Bulgaria and Roumania.
Cleveland Leader: Boulanger is now
credited with decision to use bicycles In
the French army on an important scale. In
each corps certain number OF ihfantry
soldiers are to be trained to carry dispatches
on the swift and noiseless wheel, leaving
the cavalry free for other duty. This is
following the example OF Germany, aud
the bicycle, like the repeating rifle, may be
expected to spread through the armies of
Europe with great rapidty. How it will
work In war is quite another matter.
New York Nal and Express: The civil
| service law offers fine opportunities for the
| exercise Of Democratic Ingenuity. We saw
how the acute Democratic oligarchy In
! Brooklyn had administered the state law
| which II declares ''no good,n and now we
learn that down In Washington, right under
the nose Of President Cleveland, the wicked
Democrats are getting around the federal
confidential clerks.n This is one way out
of bad job, but the impor tant point Is that
the Democrats want to get out.
Chicago Man: Laws regulating appetites
have thus far proven of little benefit. A
strong, rigorous license law, accompanied
| with severe police regulation, strictly en-.
| forced, will do more to prevent intemper-
aDce than a prohibitory law that will remain
| dead letter on the statute books for the
want Of public sentiment to compel its
enforcement Legislation that breaks down
party that has done all that has been done
In the right way touching temperance, and
that viii build up party that draws its
chief sustenance from.the rumites, will not,
In the long run, prove beneficial.
Charleston Ne,vs and Courier. Judging
from the way the political wind is blowing
now, Grover Cleveland and John Sherman
will be the candidates of the Democratic
and Republican parties respectively 10 the
next national election. Thurman is too
old, Bayard has been shelved, and, besides,
none of the gentlemen named can command
the same support, either in or out Of the
convention, that will come to Cleveland.
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fore be: 'Well done, thou good and faith
ful servant, serve us another term"
Chicago Ne,rs. Our Canadian friends are
just awakening to the fact that they have
not acted with their usual hard sense in the
fisheries question. The dominion customs
department has prepared figures that show
that the sum of So, S69, 900 was spent by the
United States for Canadian fish last year
When the retaliatory measures go into
force the Canucks will be compelled to look
for other markets to sell their chief prod
ucts, and the probabilities are that there
will be enough fish left over next year to
feed an army. The Canucks are already
preparing to cure the fish for expectation
to the West Indies and Brazil. After they
discover method to do this properly they
will have to perform some lively hustlipa
in order to sell their fish.
Boston Herald: In all questions Of
diplomacy, If a government is to act with
any degree of Intelligence, 1t must act
with its eyes open. 1t must consider what
the effect will be OF the action It proposes
not only upon sthe neighbor against whom
it is directed, but also upon itself. Further
more, 1t must bear In mind that grea
nation cannot retrace it's steps, II 1t find
that II has made mistake, with the readi
ness with which private individual car
correct business blunder. 1t almost al
ways happens that one false step leads u
another; national pride is aroused, and BY
the force of circumstances the nation find
itself compelled to take positions which
were not contemplated when the ill-adylset
action was first entered upon.
Kansas City Journal While the Post
Office Department, with considerable flour
ish OF tTumpets, has been establishing fas
mails to the west, fast mails TO the south
and fast mails to the northwest, and hat
made magnificent promises OF the early ex,
tension OF the fast service across the cont
nent, 1t has not had great deal to say Of
the present efficiency OF the service alread,
established. Complaints have been pub
llshed now and then regarding missen
mail, but the department has not risen to